A Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin presided over by Justice M. Abdulgafar has sentenced an internet fraudster, Temitope Ajayi Charles, to 35 years imprisonment without option of fine.
Justice Abdulgafar while delivering judgement yesterday on a criminal charge brought against the convict by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pronounced him guilty and sentenced him to seven years on each count of the five count. The sentences will run concurrently. He, however, rejected the testimonies of the convict where he claimed that the police brought him to the office of the EFCC on the day of his arrest following his inability to pay the money they requested for.
“ The story of the defendant of being sent to the EFCC because he did not pay bribe to the police could not hold water, he lied to the court, I do not believe the evidence of the defendant, the prosecution has proved this case beyond reasonable doubt, I hereby convicted the defendant as charged”
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